Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1887-08-31

picture. The action caused considerable
excitement in the city. There were e
five thousand veterans in line from West
Virginia, Western Pennsylvaniaand Ohio.
Vincent, the ex-Treasurer of Alabama,
who defaulted two or three years ago Tor
5000, 900 and fed to Mexico, but wa recent
" arrested In Texas and brought back Tor
trial, was tried at Montgomery last week
on two cases charging him with embezzle-
ment and convicted in both. He was SEN
fenced to five years in the p~enitentiary IN
each case. Having appealed to the su.
preme court, he remains in the county jail
December. There are thirty-seven other
indictments against him.
= Ex.CongressmanG Gibson, of West Vlr-
ginia, was fined $50 in addition to a term
of ten days in Jail, by Judge McGlnnls, OF
Va, last Wednesday, for contempt OF
court. A few days before, Gibson intimat-
ed in the court that the Judge was open to
brides, and that subsequently on the street
applied an opprobrious name to his honor,
which, on the testimony of several citl-
zens, led to Gibson's arrest and commit
ment. There was nearly a riot when SEN
tence was pronounced, but Gibson submit
ted quietly and is serving the sentence.
Ex-senator Ferry, of Michigan, who is
now never heard of, was once the most
important individual in the United States.
He was president of the Senate when the
election of Mr.. Tilden was disputed. The
Senate claimed the right of its presiding
officer to determine which were the legal
returns from a State. The eyes OF the
nation were on Ferry then. In 1882 he
failed in business for 81, SOC, 1000. The next
year he was defeated for the Senate.
Since that time he has fallen from notorie-
ty, but he has worked hard, and paid OIL
over 81, 100000 Of debts.
The Supreme Council of the American
Legion of Honor held its sessions of bien-
.nial convention in Washington last week.
The body consists of forty-six delegates,
representing n supreme body, IL grand
bodies, and 1850 subordinate bodies, the
total membership being $4,000. 1t ex-
tends to every State and Territory OF the
Union and to Canada and the Sandwich
Islands. The order was instituted eight
years ago, andis a mutual beneftinsurance
society. It is now carrying a benefit in
surance of $l93, 900, 900, and the amount
collected and paid during the past W
years was about s. 1900, 600.
"A new party with "America for Amer
icansn as its motto has made its appearance,
and will figure, it is said, in the next cleo.
ton. Its projectors say it is but q revival
Of the old American party which v
has been really dead, though with the OBJ
%jectionable features of the k~noW-nothlng
movement Topped off. General Master
Workman PoWderly is a prominent advo-
cate of the new idea, the central principle
of which, of course, is restriction of immi-
grafton. The party now claims a MEMBER
ship of 1900 00, and during the constltu-
tional centennial in Philadelphia, the
central committee will hold a convention
for the purpose of organization, &c.
The New York State Prohibition Con-
vention was in session at Syracuse last
week. A state ticket was put in n0mlna-
ton for the approaching election. Before
adjournment an examination was held
with the object of discovering the standing
of each delegate in the church. All were
found to be church members, ninety-tive
were ministers and a large number of the
others were Sunday-schOol superintend-
ents. About 1900 delegates were in at
tendance. Of these 135 were formerly
Democrats and the rest were formerly Re-
p%ublicans. The platform was adopted de-
claring against licenses and in favor OF
women's suffrage. 1t declares that both
Republican and Democratic parties are
controlled by the rum power" and cited
acts of both in the Legislature as proof OF
the assertion.
The fight against the Red River rail
road by the Canadian Pacific is on in earn
est, and it looks like there is going to be
trouble in Manitoba about it. Work on
the road is being steadily pushed forward.
Short work is being made OF obstacles. "A
Canadian Pacific man named Jenkins,
who objected to the road crossing his lots,
was seized by Il crowd of navvies, placed
on a scraper, and driven out on the pral-
rie and dumped. He was then told to
make himself scarce, and ne did 50. The
first consignment of bolts and spikes for
the new road has arrived, and the ties are
expected in q few days more. Track lay
ing will then be begun and will be pushed
forward, and, the Government says, No
vember / will see the line running to the
boundary if the road has to be defended
by bayonets.
John P. Hamlin, of Washington, the
foreman of the Guiteau jury, says the as
sassin's curse has not cursed the twelve
men who had the most to do with his pun
ishment. Not long ago George Scoville,
Guiteau's brother-in-laW and principal at
torney, said "that the wealthy foreman
of the jury became penniless and four
other members of the jury died and one
was sent to the insane asylum" Mr..
Hamlin says, "This is a lie. I am not
penniless. On the contrary, my business
is in a better condition than ever it was
before my health, as you can see, is just
perfect, and I am a very happy and con-
tented person. Only = member of the
Jury has died, and that was poor Tom
HeinIein, who wa half dead with con-
sumption when he went on the jury"
After September l all deliveries of con-
tract cotton under the rules of the New
York Cotton Exchange must be made by
the delivery of negotiable warehouse re-
ceipts, issued in accordance with the plan
of inspection and certifcation adopted
some months ago by the Exchange, to 60
into effect September l, Thursday of this
week. There appears to be an a%pprehen.
sion in some quarters that the plan will
afford greater facilities than now exist
for manipulating the market, but the
original friends Of the scheme strongly in
sist on the opposite conclusion. With re-
gard to the possibility that all the certifi-
Gated cotton may be controlled and held